Affects of the Media and Current Issues On Sport.
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... AFFECTS OF THE MEDIA AND CURRENT ISSUES ON SPORT Sport coverage in the media using the newspaper industry began in 1822. Bells Life was the first major sport sheet, followed by Sporting Life in 1865. They focused on bringing short but detailed sports results to the public. In time, most daily newspapers began to include sport sections, which brought knowledge and understanding within everbodies grasp, with the opportunity to "see" their sporting heroes with the advancement of photographic technology. The sports reports were generally male dominated focusing on sports such as football, golf, horseracing, rugby, boxing, and cricket. By the 1920s sports reports from the newspapers had created mass audiences for certain sports e.g. baseball in the USA and football in the UK. During the 1920s, radio started to report on live events, which gave the listeners the sense of them actually being at a live event. In time, local radio














